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someone asked the same exact question just yesterday : https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1002163/
Feature was released just 2 days ago, you need to give developer and google time to develop something. I am sure since it is a web protocol that it won't be long.
someone asked the same exact question just yesterday : https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1002163/
Feature was released just 2 days ago, you need to give developer and google time to develop something. I am sure since it is a web protocol that it won't be long.
The gmail phone is synced with my google voice account. People can call my google voice number and I can answer it with gmail phone or my iPhone.
However I believe to make calls with my iPhone I first have to call my google voice number as there isn't a dedicated app like I had on my blackberry.
form what I understood of it, gmail voice calls basically runs through wifi on you computer. Original GV on our phones use minutes not data to connect so when they update the mobile version I guess we could use GV w/out mins using just data services from our carriers!
Exactly
At the end of the day my goal is to be able to make and receive calls via gmail over data or wifi, not voice. I agree it is a new offering for google. Time will tell. Although, somewhere out there, there must be a programmer working on this as we speak and if he or she is I and the rest of the community would like to hear about it.
At the end of the day my goal is to be able to make and receive calls via gmail over data or wifi, not voice. I agree it is a new offering for google. Time will tell. Although, somewhere out there, there must be a programmer working on this as we speak and if he or she is I and the rest of the community would like to hear about it.
GV and other googlevoice aps are a bit cumbersome
Why mess around with all the hacks and have a dedicated email/voice call scenario. Complete integration and convenience from the Google brand. Simplicity would be key. Because as of now making calls over 3g or wifi over gv is a confusing and cumbersome recipe if you are trying to skirt having to pay/use carrier voice minutes.
Why mess around with all the hacks and have a dedicated email/voice call scenario. Complete integration and convenience from the Google brand. Simplicity would be key. Because as of now making calls over 3g or wifi over gv is a confusing and cumbersome recipe if you are trying to skirt having to pay/use carrier voice minutes.
I think you meant: I'd like to make calls over wifi & 3G DATA without using any of my precious minutes
I think you meant: I'd like to make calls over wifi & 3G DATA without using any of my precious minutes
No, I meant what I said. I have a terrible cellular dead zone at work with good wifi coverage. I don't care about the minutes.
ahh I see and understand you completely now, brick walls are the worst enemy of new technology! can you hook up a microcell tower to your work wifi to run 3G for the people in the office that have AT&T (I think up to 20 people can use a m.tower)? I don't think people would mind to pitch in to buy it if you are all having the same loss of signal... now the IT person is another story....
The IT department definitely won't actively allow it. However, if it works through the firewall, they probably won't notice and would just make me take it down if they do.
The Google call would still be a nice feature.
Carlanga nailed it
Originally Posted by Carlanga View Post
I think you meant: I'd like to make calls over wifi & 3G DATA without using any of my precious minutes
Yes. I would prefer to make calls over wifi and 3G data opposed to using my cell minutes on ATT. A this point I have the lowest calling plan ATT offers for iPhones and would prefer to make my calls over data, why pay for voice when I have all this data available....
Originally Posted by Carlanga View Post
I think you meant: I'd like to make calls over wifi & 3G DATA without using any of my precious minutes
Yes. I would prefer to make calls over wifi and 3G data opposed to using my cell minutes on ATT. A this point I have the lowest calling plan ATT offers for iPhones and would prefer to make my calls over data, why pay for voice when I have all this data available....